Tech Soup
OCTOBER 17, 2012
The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 24, 2011
Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. He described the method as an alternative to technology lab classroom skills-based trainings. His definition: A style in which the trainer acts as a peer to the student, physically sitting with the student and explaining technical concepts simply.
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Connection Cafe
MAY 24, 2010
The project that I volunteered at with fifteen other Convio employees was a classroom makeover for a local Austin school, Gus Garcia Middle School. Communities in Schools works with other nonprofit organizations to bring programs into schools to help students with academics, social issues, counseling, mentoring, and financial support.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 15, 2008
The project started by a college student named Shawn whose wants to make the world a better place one small personal action at a time. In the classroom, I got to hear a lot of theories as to why poverty exists - but that actually made things seem more confusing. He says it better in his own words: I???
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 25, 2007
It also incorporates cc licensed materials from others, including videos and flickr photos. The CC licensed work on Flickr and CCmixter are wonderful resources. I also recently discovered this post/podcast called " Remixing the Classroom." I remixed it from an earlier prsentation called Associations 2.0
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 12, 2015
Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 15, 2007
Photo in Flickr - CC "by/nc" license - Mr.GluSniffer. It made me think of the Berkman lecture I heard called " Legal Education in the Networked World " where there was a hot debate about whether laptops in the classroom were a good or bad thing. If you read down the comments on the flickr post, Darcy Norman says.
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